University and college IT strategies need to explicitly engage with open source software. How we work with open source software may also affect policies concerning intellectual property rights, employment practices and more. These resources explore the role of open source software at the highest policy level within UK institutions and other relevant international bodies.

Briefing Notes

• Benefits of Open Source Code
• Open Source and the Cloud

Innovation

• Open source and open innovation
• Open innovation in software

Sustainability

• Sustainable open source
• Planning for sustainability
• Software Sustainability Maturity Model
• Sustainability lessons for research infrastructure
• Open source and research infrastructure
• Free and open source software business and sustainability models
• The business of open source

Selection and procurement

• Open Source Options: Making use of the Cabinet Office guidance on Open Source Software
• Decision factors for open source software procurement
• Top Tips for Selecting Open Source Software
• Reuse Readiness Rating

Funding

• Advice for project bids
• How to engage OSS Watch in support of your project bid

Handouts

• Procuring Free & Open Source Software

Book reviews

• Open Source for the Enterprise - book review

Event reports

• TransferSummit conference, Oxford, 24-25 June 2010
• Levelling the playing field: developing a mixed economy for software procurement - Risk Management in Open Source Procurement, Oxford, 18 March 2008 - conference report
• Business and Sustainability Models workshop, Oxford, 12 January 2009

Studies

• OSS Watch National Software Survey 2008
• The JISC Virtual Research Environment Phase Two Programme: Attitudes to and Awareness of Open Development